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nate · 2009-05-03, 12:02 AM

from: http://www.commandlinefu.com/command...g-inside-files

find . -type f -exec grep -l XXX {} \;|tee /tmp/fileschanged|xargs perl -pi.bak -e 's/XXX/YYY/g'

Find all files that contain string XXX in them, change the string from XXX to YYY, make a backup copy of the file and save a list of files changed in /tmp/fileschanged.

Linux... LOL.

2009-05-03, 12:02 AM	#4
nate I can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merica! Posts: 543	from: http://www.commandlinefu.com/command...g-inside-files find . -type f -exec grep -l XXX {} \;\|tee /tmp/fileschanged\|xargs perl -pi.bak -e 's/XXX/YYY/g' Find all files that contain string XXX in them, change the string from XXX to YYY, make a backup copy of the file and save a list of files changed in /tmp/fileschanged. Linux... LOL.